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    nfsd: Fix the NFSv4 pNFS MDS server for DS NFSERR_NOSPC · a7e014ee
    Rick Macklem authored
    If a pNFS server's DS runs out of disk space, it replies
    NFSERR_NOSPC to the client doing writing.  For the Linux
    client, it then sends a LayoutError RPC to the server to
    tell it about the error and keeps retrying, doing repeated
    LayoutGet and Write RPCs to the DS.  The Linux client is
    "stuck" until disk space on the DS is free'd up.
    For a mirrored server configuration, the first mirror that
    ran out of space was taken offline.  This does not make
    much sense, since the other mirror(s) will run out of space
    soon and the fix is a manual cleanup up disk space.
    
    This patch changes the pNFS server to not disable a mirror
    for the mirrored case when this occurs.
    
    Further work is needed, since the Linux client expects the
    MDS to reply NFSERR_NOSPC to LayoutGets once the DS is out
    of space.  Without this further change, the above mentioned
    looping occurs.
    
    Found during a recent IEFT NFSv4 working group testing event.
    
    MFC after:	2 weeks
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